Thanks Michael. Yes, I do realize that I probably need to build a completely different system, but for now, I just have to find ways to keep my old system working. Now, after a reboot, I have most everything working again, but for now, I mainly just need to find out how to unlock Libre Office documents. ------------------ On 2021-03-13 at 1:58 pm, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote: > This is why I stopped using physical partitions and LVM instead > entirely. > > If you fill your physical partition, it really doesn't like it, and > all hell breaks loose, as you see. Boot from a boot cd, clear some > space, and reboot. > > Start with "sudo du -h --max-depth=1", figure out what is filling your > disk, and delete some. Reboot. Usually logs, updates, packages, etc > cruft - kill it all. > > When it's sane, move to a more agreeable FS structure, use LVM, I can > fill a disk and stay up, much less impact if/when this occurs. > > I break /var and /var/log into separate partitions always, these are > typically what fill and break. Keep them separate with LVM's, much > happier to recover if any one fills up. I normally keep /usr with > debians separate too, but arch installs hate this. Also I keep /home > separate, as I fill this commonly, which breaks anything running in > userland if/when occurring. > > Funny, I do this because this is how we installed solaris this way > with slices like +20-some years ago to not blow up, but > over-simplification these days ignores fun facts like these. > > -mb > > On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 12:57 PM joe--- via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > >> Yesterday, I did another update on my Linux Mint 17 system >> and today numerous things that previously worked fine >> no longer work, including Libre Office. >> >> And, I now see that all the space on sda1 is filled >> so I have zero space available. >> >> Also, I tried to download a pdf file which should have >> gone to sda6 and I got a message "No space available." >> >> What can I do to remedy this nightmare? >> >> I am willing to pay for help if one of my PLUG >> friends would be willing to help me fix this. >> >> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on >> udev 4006644 4 4006640 1% /dev >> tmpfs 805480 1560 803920 1% /run >> /dev/sda1 19091584 18141912 0 100% / >> none 4 0 4 0% /sys/fs/cgroup >> none 5120 0 5120 0% /run/lock >> none 4027392 25920 4001472 1% /run/shm >> none 102400 20 102380 1% /run/user >> /dev/sda6 101787928 33524948 63069256 35% /home >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss